Learn from U.S., 911 expert says
U.S. didn't get serious about upgrading phone system until a series of preventable deaths
Twitter hackers target Obama, Spears
Micro-blogging site's high-profile accounts used to post profane messages and spam
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New Internet-ready TVs put heat on cable firms
The Internet has proven it can handle television, but is TV prepared to handle the web?
Rogers hurt by falling iPhone sales
Adds almost 200,000 new subscribers, up from 183,000 last year, but iPhone sales rise at half the rate of the previous quarter
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The granddaddy of desktop MP3 players, an easy-to-use video converter and a souped-up version OS X's Finder

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The new gaming desktop unveiled by HP/Voodoo at this year's show is small, sleek, and surprisingly inexpensive.
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The year in gaming
The Globe's console critic on what was notable in 2008
















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